The case and M3-ATX power supply arrived during the week and the motherboard was installed into the case. Here is the picture of the M3-ATX and picopsu-80. The differences between the two power supplies are that picopsu expect a regulated 12V input while M3-ATX can have a wide range input 6-24V. While picopsu works just like a normal desktop power supply, M3-ATX has in-car specific features like turning computer on when key in ignition and remote ON for amplifier to eliminate thump. M3-ATX is on the left.
There is no hole or port for serial so I made one.
More update, just before the end of the week, two more parts arrived. It is the radio connector and Melexis’s TH3122 kbus transceiver IC. The bezel is expected to arrive this week.
Yes ram is the key im running two gig my motehr board can run four gig threw four slots but for $ 250 a slot their isnt too much difference between betwen two gig and for gig too warrant $ 1000 worth of ram also 512 mg video cards dont perform too much better than 256mg ones if you have a good system right threw they just have more pipes use a motehr board with two pci slots so you can use a sli video card if you wish